fivefold
"fivefold" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fivefold” is uncommon English (frequency #65,118 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,118
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Five times as much or as many.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fivefold · fivefold · English
fivefold · rank #65,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,118
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Flavius
Nearest frequency peer: Flavius (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “fivefold”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- favorability
favorability
34,890 corpus weight
- favouritism
favouritism
34,889 corpus weight
- fivefold
fivefold
34,883 corpus weight
- Flavius
Flavius
34,882 corpus weight
- flecked
flecked
34,881 corpus weight
- fomenting
fomenting
34,878 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fivefold” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fivefold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fivefold” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fivefold is uncommon English at frequency #65,118 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fivefold in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold. The correct English form is fivefold, spelled F-I-V-E-F-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Five times as much or as many.
- 2In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fivefold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.
Etymology
From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).